Wikis work well as a manual; the cataloger's manual from University of Limerick is a great idea. With a wiki updates can be made quickly and by all...its official crowd sourcing! With everthing online its available to catalogers as a reference, and to update.
Of course, the responsibility of the contributors to post correctly, to curate themselves on their entries.
Our JTCC's Library Procedures Manual could be converted to a wiki. It is available in print form and online. Everyone has access to the information in both formats. With a wiki, everyone could make updates rather than having one person with the entire burden. Having said that, having one curator makes sure that the voice and message are both correct and consistent. Current vs. consistent vs. curated...can it be all three?
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